Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4071, Ezekiel Glover, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York.
Glover, Ezekiel
TR. 4071
CONTENTS

14974 Ezekiel Glover Suffolk Co 1824
Rejected
Geo Miller Suffolk C.H. Poffin 1824

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of  Ezekiel Glover  Suffolk Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlisted Jan 1796 discharged sick with the Dysentery & went home 6 Captain Bailey Col Brake Genl Scott N.Y. City - Oyston Ponds - 73 years South old N.Y.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons belonging to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Publication of Exekiel Glover for Evolutionary Review
14974
v
Rejected
served up than emo.

State of New York County of Suffolk } ss: On this second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk and State of New York, now sitting, Ezekiel Glover a resident of Oysterponds in the Town of Southold in the said County of Suffolk aged twenty three years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States at Southold in the said County of Suffolk on or about the first of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six for the term of six months in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake, and in General Scott's Brigade in the line of the State of New York That shortly after his enlistment he went to the City of New York that he continued in the service there till some time in August following when while the British lay on Staten Island he was taken sick with the dysentery, and continued sick until a few days before the British landed on Long Island when he was just on board a vessel, in a very low and helpless state, and sent home to his father at Oysterponds on the East end of Long Island, that a few days after the Island was given up to the British

his father removed from the Island with his family into the State of Connecticut and there continued during the war that he went with his father to Connecticut being so weak as to be carried on board the vessel, that by reason of his sickness he was unable to join the army again as he continued sick all the fall, and in a very feeble state of health all the winter following.
That at the time of his said enlistment he resided at Oysterponds in the said Town of Southold.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn and Subscribed } Ezekiel Glaven the day and year aforesaid }
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
I Joseph R. Huntington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the

foregoing contains the original pro- -ceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Glover for an Injunction -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Joseph A. Huntington Atty

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4071
P. O.
Ezekiel Mover
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
_____, 18

149.34 New York Revo:
Ezekiel Glover 4071
Rejected
let. Geo Miller
9 May 1833
let to do 8 June 1834.
Copies of papers sent to Hon. J.B. Jackson H.R. July 11. 1840
Act 7 June 1832
Let H. W. Jones, Dec. 23/51.

Send a copy of Ezekiel Glover's papers to the Hon. T. B. Jackson, H. R. also a copy of the letter to Geo. Miller of 9 th May 1833
2 sets W. J. July 9. 40

To Comm ee of Pensions

Dec. 18, 1851.
Hon. James E. Heath, Commr d of Pensions.
Sir
The enclosed petition of Phebe Glover states that her husband, Ezekiel Glover, in 1776, enlisted as a drummer in capt. Jonathan Bayley's company, and joined the army in the city of N. York, "in Col. Drake's reg t and Gen. Scott's brigade." If there are any rolls or returns of said reg t in the Dept. you will much oblige me by causing an examination of them to be made for the purpose of ascertaining whether the name of Ezekiel Glover, (drummer) can be found upon them.
very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Geo. W. Jones, SUS.
B. M. Compens

A Statement of facts of my services in the Revolutionary War written by himself.
As I am informed by the miller that my claim was rejected because I did not render six months actual service, as I am 70 years of age wanting a few days over a month and worn down with infirmities and hard labor am almost a cripple with rheumatism, so that I am unable to labor but very little for my support am in real poverty have been dependent on my friends for support ever since the Pension Law was in being I consider it a duty I owe to myself and my friends to state my case truly my self which I will do to the best of my memory and abilities in the first place I need not repeat what the miller wrote for me as that was correct and true but did not state my inability to gain the company after I was sick I will state the reason truly which I trust will be satisfactory to the government say that I was entirely helpless when the company was disbanded, and that was all could be said with truth, it may be asked why this was not stated in my papers before, it did not occur to my mind at the time until after my papers were gone that this might cause a doubt in as to my inability to gain the company after I was sick there is some other circumstances in my case that I think must have some influence with the government in my favor, I was carried into the State of Connecticut in my sickness never saw the officers of the company after I was carried out of the camp was not able to obtain a regular discharge from the army and being helpless myself and having no agent or friend to act for me, never received any wages or clothing from the government while I did duty in New York nearby three months as near as my memory serves to the disbanding of my office. Did not receive any rations after was carried out of the camp it will appear that according to the Rules of war that a soldier that enlists for a set time longer on shorter say half of his term or as long as he is able does his duty and often is that is rendered helpless By sickness or otherwise until his term of enlistment expires, I believe he is considered a soldier although an invalid and is intitled to wages and rations until his term of enlistment expires, may not have stated this this correct but I have stated this according to my belief, the company had no drum when we joined the army after being there some time Capt. Bally said it was general orders that every company must have a drum he said he had not received any money from government had none to spare if I had any and would buy one when he received money it should be paid back to me when I entered the service took about ten dollars all the money I had went with the Captain and bought a drum and back paid 7 dollars of my money being sick and carried out of the camp never got it

what i have said about the drum are the words that Capt Baley said to me as near as my memory serves it will appear but a small matter But war thing one to a Poor Boy 17 years of age, another Circumstance will mention i joined a minut Company in the summer of 75 had a gun and Bayonet compleet even to a priming wine a Cantouch Box filed with 24 Rounds with ounce Ball and fints compact and napsack and Blanket attach to it, had our officers chosen and the agreement was to march at a minutes warning where the State was invaded, Belonged to this Company when i enlisted in the united states Service, i take these small Services to shew my willingness to aid the cause of Liberty and independence as far as my small means permitted, whether i shall be allowed any further hearing by the government i know not as by our statement we were required to relinquish all further claim on the government, but i must say that i never had the least idea of Belinquishing my honest claim without the aid that other Poor soldiers have received from the government who did not perhaps suffer more than i did and perhaps some not half as much i must say that i never can nor never will give up my honest claim on the government that i went freely in the service to aid and came very near to loose my life by sickness and whoever will take the trouble to look over my statement must see that there was other circumstances that have been hard for me a Poor old soldier of the Revolution that has labored hard to far through life to obtain an honest support for himself and family But now am worn out almost with age and infirmities and unable to labor much.
Southold October 21 st 1833.
[Faint text:] The undersigned being well known and for many years well acquainted with Mr. Israel Glover do hereby certify that he is called a man of truth and honesty that he is a deserving poor man and that what he has stated is true to the best of his knowledge.
Joseph Perry                      part of the claim Charles Glover - 64 years Benjamin Payne - aged 80 years Thomas Conkling in the same Company with Mr Glover aged 77 Rufus Tutill was an Ensign in year 1775 of the Little Bushra of Southold County Sept 21 st 1833 Rufus Tutill Jurr 60 years Elisha Mulford

Jam Hobart aged 60 Frederick H. Tuthill
John Young aged 73
William Young
Peter Brown
Theodore A. Brown
Frederick Tabor aged 60
Wm S Hobart
Abram T King
Henry D. Dail
Henry D. King
John D. Racket
George Champlin
Thomas V. Young
Augustus Griffin, I was an eye witness to his early patriotism, and enlistment, and saw him taken from the camp as such a man as perhaps never lived
Lewis Tuthill
David A. Tuthill
So far as I am acquainted with Mr Glover I agree in the above statement respecting him attested by his neighbours Jonathan Huntington Minister of the gospel - Aged 85
Henry H. Perry
Samuel King
Oysterponds Long Island N.Y. October 20 - 1853 -

add. evidence for Ezekiel Glover.
New York State,
March. 2 d 1884.
War Department
Quartermaster's Office
Washington -
John D. Slee